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From: argv@turnpike.Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Heller)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: oops (Re: Motif List boxes)
Message-ID: <140926@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 18 Aug 90 18:47:33 GMT
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In article <140923@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> I said:
> > Does the XmList object make an internal copy ?
> Yes -- apparently Motif makes good attempts to make internal copies
> of most things except for pixmaps.  That is, if you set an icon label
> to be a pixmap, don't free it as it is used during the life of the widget
> that's using it.
I didn't mean to say "icon label" (altho that might be true too).
I meant to say that if you set the XmNlabelPixmap for a Label or
PushButton widget, then you can't fre the pixmap you supply -- Motif
will not copy that item.

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dan
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